Display-box.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

M.- FRIEDMAN. DISPLAY BOX.

APrLIoATIoN FILED Dso.19,1so4.

Hiv l nulli UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

lMORRIS FRIEDMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO NORTI-IWESTERN CANCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, VA CORPORATION.

DISPLAY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,440.

To all 'whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, MORRIS FRIEDMAN, a resident oi Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Display-Boxes, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to display-boxes and more particularly to thoseused for containing and displaying bakery goods, such as crackers etc.

The invention designs to provide a display-box which comprises atransparent plate through which the goods are displayed and which isremovable so the box can be cleaned, and in which the front of the boxis made rigid to avoid indentation or injury while the box is beingcleaned or handled.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claim at the conclusion hereof: Y

In the drawings: Figure' I is a perspective of a box embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the box looking towardthe front thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The box comprises a bottom 10, sides I1, and a back to which is hinged acover 12, all of which are iormed of sheet metal and are of usualconstruction. The upper edges oi the box are reversed as at 9 to stiffenthe parts. The front I3 of the box is usually formed of a plate of brassor other suitable material, which can be polished. A display opening I4,through which the goods can be seen, is formed in the lower portion ofthe front and the edge around said opening is bent inwardly and crimpedas vat 15. Behind said opening is held a transparent plate (glass) 16for closing the display-opening. The lower edge of plate I6 is held in astrip I7, which is secured to front I3 and has an inclined upturned edge18 forming a seat for the lower' edge of plate I6. The upper edge ofplate 16 is held between the inturned edge l5 of the front and anangular strip or bar I9 which is secured (preferably by solder) to thefront 13 and extends between the box-sides Il. A resilient strip orspring 21 has its central portion 22 secured to the horizontal web ofstrip 19and its free ends extended to engage the upper edge of plate I6,and yieldingly holds the plate downwardly so the lower edge of the platewill be firmly held in place in strip I7. The plate can be removed byupward shift against the force of spring 2l, until edge portion of theplate, so the material in the box is effectively excluded from the frontof the plate.

The upper portion of front I3 is provided with an impressed or indentedportion 25, in which a label 28 is pasted. The front corner portions ofthe box are stiffened by angular strips 27 secured to the boxsides.

In boxes of the character described, it is customary when the contentshave been sold, to thoroughly clean the box and usually to buff thefront, and during such operation the box is subjected to severe strain.The transparent plate can be readily removed, as already explained. Animportant advantage of employing strips I7 and 19, inwardly extendingand crimped edge I4, and impression 25, is that the front is materiallystiffened and all danger of injury during cleaning or buffing of thefront is avoided. Furthermore, the impressed portion 25 forms aconvenient place for attachment of a label, backwardly of the face ofthe front so there is no danger of the label becoming scratched ormarred during handling or shipment of the box. A sheet 30 of cardboardcan, if desired, be held in strips 27, to prevent contact of the goodswith the brass front.

It will be observed that by reason of the inclination of the upturnededge I8 of strip 17, the plate I6 when forced downward by the spring 2lwill at the same time be forced outward to firmly engage the inwardlybent and crimped edge l5 of the display opening 14.

The cover of the box is provided with a depending flange 12, extendingpreferably around the iront sides of the box to strengthen the cover andto form a closure consisting of overlapping parts. The box is preferablyprovided with means for securing the cover in closed position whichconsists of 'a catch 31, formed of sheet metal and secured to the front13, of the box, and a projection 32 secured to the inner side of coverflange 12, adapted to cooperate with catch 31 to secure the cover inclosed position. Being made of sheet metal, the flange l2 will yieldsufliciently to permit disengagement of the projection and the catch sothe cover can be swung into open position. The securing means for thecover is located adjacent the upper edge and between the cover flangeand the front of the box. This arrangement is of importance because thesecuring means does not project in any manner froin the box and does notinterfere in the operation of buffing the front and the cover Aflangewhen the box is closed.

Having thus described the invention,iwhat I claim as new and desire toobtain by Letters Patent, is:

l. In a display box, the combination of a front having a portion thereofimpressed for receiving a label and havingr an opening therein belowsaid impressed portion, 'a transparent plate in back of said opening, aseat for holding the lower edge of' said plate, a iixed angular stripsecured to the front and overlapping the upper edge of the transparentplate, and a sheet of different material from that of the front held inposition back of the impressed portion thereof and resting at its loweredge on said angular strip.

.2. 1n a display box, the combination of a front having a portionthereof impressed for receiving a label and having an opening thereinbelow said impressed portion, the edges of said opening being bentinwardly, a transparent plate in back of said opening, a seat forholding the lower edge of said plate, a iixed angular strip secured tothe front and overlapping the upper edge of the transparent plate, meanstor yieldingly holding the plate in its seat, anda sheet of differentmaterial from that of the front held in position back of the impressedportion thereof and resting at its lower edge on said angular' strip.

3. In a display box, the combination of a front having a portion thereofimpressed for receivinga label and having an opening therein below saidimpressed portion, a sheet of material diierent from that of the'frontremovably located back of said impressed portion, a transparent plateremovably located back of said opening, and means for retaining saidsheet and plate in position embodying a common fixed part retaining theupper edge of said plate and supporting the lower' edge of said sheet.

4. In a display box, the combination of a front having an opening in aportion thereof, a transparent plate removably located back of saidopening, a sheet of material different from that of the front removablylocated back of the imperforate portion of said ront, and means forretaining said plate and sheet in position embodying a common fixed partretaining the upper edge of one and supporting the lower edge of theother.

MORRIS FRIEDMAN.

Witnesses FRED GEELACH, LEONE S. RUSSELL.

